Friday 27 May 2011 09.54 EDT
First published on Friday 27 May 2011 09.54 EDT

Jenson Button has left the door open for a surprise move to Ferrari, saying he has always wanted to drive for the most famous team in Formula One.

As he prepared for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, the McLaren driver said: "As a kid you are very excited about racing for the red team. There were three teams I always wanted to race for when I was growing up, Ferrari, McLaren and Williams. I've got to drive for two of them, which is great, which as an eight-year old kid I didn't expect to do.

"Ferrari is obviously a team I haven't raced for. I've won the world championship and I would love to win the world championship again."

Ferrari, unhappy about Felipe Massa's diminishing returns, were rumoured to be preparing a move for Renault's Robert Kubica before the gifted Polish driver was seriously injured in a rallying accident earlier this year.

Button, 31, won the world title in 2009.He is known to be happy at McLaren and the feeling is reciprocated. He said last month: "I'm really enjoying my time here. I can't see any reason to be anywhere else." But he said on Friday: "I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't plan too far ahead."

When asked whether he was worried about driving with Fernando Alonso, Button added: "It's not team-mates I'm afraid of, at all. I love the challenge of team-mates. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and it's interesting to work them out. But I don't know what will happen in the future."